Two-page letter written by Ammons to his family on the day he arrived in Vietnam. He describes conditions and housing at the 90th Replacement Battalion headquarters, 22 miles north of Saigon; the appearance and poverty of the Vietnamese villagers;...

A woman who polished boots, washed floors, and did various jobs around the Vung Chua Mountain base located just north of Qui Nhon. There are stacked metal drums and sandbag barricades in the background. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy...

Two soldiers at the Vung Chua Mountain base. The soldier on the right is wearing a shirt which reads: "Visit fascinating Viet Nam." The soldier on the left is probably departing for home, given the amount of material he is carrying. His souvenirs...

Christopher Ammons on December 19, 2011, at the Montgomery County Archives. He is holding the camera he used in Vietnam. Ammons wears a cap with a patch reading, "1st Infantry 1965-1970 Vietnam." The nickname of the First Infantry Division is the...

Ammons's four-page letter on U.S. Army stationery to his mother and father describes his first days in the Army. He relates the military routine, getting his dog tags, standing fire watch, and waiting for his uniform. He remarks on the fact that...

Two-page letter in which Christopher Ammons describes returning from R&R in Sydney to learn that his units designation had changed from the 194th MP Company to the 61st MP Company. He describes the new operating area and how the changes affect...

Ammons resting while patroling the perimeter around Vung Chua Mountain for Viet Cong activity. He is wearing a boonie hat and a belt of ammunition for his M-60 machine gun across his chest. He has a towel around his neck, as was customary for...

Four page letter from Christopher Ammons to his family about losing his 45 cal. pistol on a 'Road Clearance' operation. They searched for it for hours but in the end had to fill out a statement of loss. His platoon leader told him, he doesn't...

Letter to his family dated Nov. 26, 1967, begins, "At 9:30 this morning seven of us hopped aboard the truck to take us to the outer edge of the perimeter. We were going for a 3 click (3,000 meters) patrol outside the camp." On his first patrol he...

Three page letter begins, "This is our eighth day in the boonies, and tomorrow we might go back to Lai Khe." He writes of having been a squad leader for several days now ("8 men including myself") because of the illness of another sergeant.

Fifty-five gallon metal drums are painted with the unit designation "61st MP Det. Security" representing the 61st Military Police Detachment attached to the signal station at Vung Chua. The unit was originally designated the 194th MP company....

Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the anguish of a mother as she cries over the image she envisions of her son, killed in fighting. The leaflet number is on the front (SP.2141). The reverse contains a list of eleven...

This item, a shipping or mailing label, has been taped in Mitchener's diary. It indicates that a package was sent to Mitchener from his mother, Estelle F. Mitchener, of Nashville, Tennessee. The label has a stamp from a U. S. Censor. In his diary...